Dave Sullivan

Boxer

デイブ・サリバン

Born

19 May 1877, Cork

Died

1929

Citizenship

Ireland

Sport

boxing

Discipline

featherweight

Occupation

boxer

Dave Sullivan (May 9, 1877 – 1929) was an Irish-American boxer who took the World Featherweight Title on September 26, 1898 in a controversial bout against Solly Smith, in Brooklyn, New York on a fifth-round technical knockout, three rounds after Smith had broken his arm. He would hold the title only forty-six days before losing it to the legendary Black champion George Dixon. Dan Donelly was a corner man and may have acted as his trainer.

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q11320294 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.